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Teacher Orientation Module
 

Developed by

 The Alabama State Department of Education

     Dr. Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent
     Dr. Tommy Bice, Deputy State Superintendent

 

Developers

Tammy Starnes, ALSDE
Elainer Jones, ALSDE
Dr. Judy Bassham, Consultant
Dr. Russell French, Consultant
Dr. George Malo, Consultant




INTRODUCTION

This online module is Part 1 of a two-part orientation to Alabama’s new, formative, teacher evaluation system – EDUCATEAlabama.  The second part of the orientation will be provided face-to-face by your principal or other administrator in your school system.

In this module, which is divided into 9 lessons, you will be introduced to Alabama’s new teaching standards (Alabama Quality Teaching Standards), the new EDUCATEAlabama process, and the new evaluation instruments and procedures.  Specific objectives of the module are:

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To familiarize you with the Alabama Quality Teaching Standards (AQTS) and the evaluation process developed around them.

To explain how the new, collaborative EDUCATEAlabama process works.

To familiarize you with the instruments and procedures your evaluator and you will use in the process.

To complete the module you will need nothing but paper and pencil to take notes and/or develop questions for your principal/evaluator.  If you wish, you can download/print the module and attachments for later reference. 

Following the last lesson (Lesson 9) is a page that you can print to certify that you have read the EDUCATEAlabama Teacher Orientation module.

 

  Return to Table of Contents Go to Lesson 1 Return to EDUCATEAlabama Site
 

 

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Last Modified: Oct. 4, 2009